Juba: Battles between government troops and rebels raged in South Sudan, as the UN said child soldiers had joined the more than month-long conflict with atrocities committed on both sides.
"The reports that we have come across involve mass killings, extrajudicial killings, widespread dest...

Washington: Mediators seeking to end fierce fighting in South Sudan have made "progress" in negotiating a ceasefire, a US official said, adding differences still remained over releasing political prisoners.
Representatives from an East African bloc, known as IGAD, had yesterday travelled ...

Juba/Nairobi: South Sudan said on Friday it was ready for a ceasefire and would release eight of 11 senior politicians arrested over an alleged coup plot, raising hopes it was edging towards a deal to end ethnic-based fighting ravaging the world`s newest nation.
There was no immediate re...

Washington: The United States has announced it had transferred two Sudanese detainees from Guantanamo to their home country, as President Barack Obama seeks to meet his vow to close the prison.
"The United States coordinated with the Government of Sudan regarding appropriate security measu...

Khartoum: Sudanese officials say the government has released seven political prisoners, including a female politician, under an amnesty declared by President Omar al-Bashir.
The official news agency says the prisoners were released yesterday at midnight from Kober prison in Sudan`s capit...

Juba/Beijing: South Sudan freed prisoners of war on Wednesday as clashes appeared to abate between north and south, after cross-border fighting that threatened to tip into all-out war.
Sitting on some of Africa`s most significant oil reserves, Sudan and South Sudan have been unable to res...